Rule number of controversy, it seems, is to capitalize the moment. Bundle the story up into a commodity and sell it. Mike Tyson has been doing this exact thing for 25 years, ever since he bit off a chunk of opponent Evander Holyfield’s ear in a championship boxing match. Now, he’s finally got Holyfield onboard […]
In an update to the recent article about the Spanish marijuana farm bust, there have been new details released. According to multiple people around the issue as well as other news outlets in the area, the drug bust was actually more of a hemp bust than a marijuana bust. Francisco Gomez Carbo, the administrator of […]
A week after two new states joined the legal marijuana landscape, a hearing will be held to discuss the various paths to legalization that have been introduced. For one, Republican Nancy Mace’s federal legalization bill has been circling for months now, and she had previously been promised a hearing for her bill, titled the States […]
As we’ve anticipated, some new states now have legal marijuana. Although it wasn’t the blowout that I was hoping for, the news is mainly good for drug and marijuana legalization across the country. The first state to receive legal weed by a huge margin is Maryland, with 65% of the population voting in favor. Missouri […]
The largest cannabis seizure in Spain’s history just happened. A week or so ago Spain authorities found over 1.1 million plants in a warehouse. These plants add up to roughly 32 tonnes of cannabis with a street value of over 57 million euros. The police said they arrested 9 men and 11 women aged between […]
Last Friday, Sean “Diddy” Combs made the announcement that he was purchasing three pre-existing marijuana operations in three states. For a colossal $185 million, Diddy bought the operations from Cresco Labs and Columbia Care who had to divest these operations in order for their merger to pass. Diddy said he’s buying the assets in order […]
Newsom made some remarks before the screening of a documentary about marijuana at the Oakland International Film Festival in September. While most of the comments were exactly as you’d expect, one raised some eyebrows. “We know, as I’ve said, the fight is not over. We have so much more work to do—not just here in […]
According to a new study published within the last few months, legalizing cannabis is directly tied to lower risks of lung injuries from contaminated vapes. This research project was stemmed from a 2019 outbreak of lung injuries related to contaminated cannabis vapes. The researchers, those at John Hopkins, New York University and the American Heart […]
According to multiple different reports released over the last few days, cannabis is now America’s 6th largest cash crop. Despite cannabis prices dropping, and inflation increasing, cannabis rose to the top in 2022 surpassing other major crops like potatoes and tomatoes within the states. In 2022 alone, United States farmers grew over 554 more metric […]
This year being a midterm election inherently makes people less enthusiastic about the outcome. Therefore, while polls have had a hard time the last couple presidential elections, this one may be even more confusing. But with that disclaimer being stated, trends for legalizing marijuana in the five states it’s on the ballot this year are […]
